March 03, 2011

Greenville, Mississippi (The Weekly Vice) - Last week we reported on the case of Terrie A. Robinson, the 24-year-old mother who was charged with murder after police found her toddler son deceased inside an electric oven.

The victim, 3-year-old Tristan Robinson, was found still-warm inside his mother's oven on Wednesday. Investigators found an injury to the child's head, which led them to wonder if the child was still alive when his mother placed him in the oven and turned on the heat.

Well that question has now been answered.

Preliminary autopsy results released on Friday showed that the child died from thermal injuries caused by intense heat.

Although the Washington County Coroner's office did conclude that the child was still alive when his mother placed him in the oven, it is still unknown if the child was awake and alert when he was placed there.

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Greenville, Mississippi (The Weekly Vice) - Terrie A. Robinson, a 24-year-old Greenville woman was jailed Wednesday after her 3-year-old son was found deceased in an oven.

According to Greenville Police, officer's were called to Robinson's apartment for an undisclosed emergency shortly after midnight. When officers arrived, they reportedly found the charred and still warm body of 3-year-old Tristan Robinson inside an electric oven.

Investigators say there appeared to be some sort of trauma on the child's head, which could have happened before he was placed in the oven. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the time and cause of death, and whether or not the child was dead before he was placed inside the oven. A young girl was also living at the residence. She is now in the care of the Mississippi Department of Human Services.

Robinson's twin sister Sherrie Robinson, made this statement to reporters: "She was a great parent, a good person. We don't know what's wrong. We don't know what happened. Do not sit there and call her a bad mom cause that's not what she is,"

Robinson was booked into jail and was charged with murder. She is being held on a $5 million dollar bond.

Mandi MilenkoThe Weekly Vice

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